rstitious ; for Obia practices still linger amongst the peasantry and fetishes are still hung on the fruit trees to protect them. Among themselves the negroes of the Bahamas are charitable and even provident. Except in the semi-barbarous, sparsely-populated, outlying islands they all belong to… … 266. A SISAL FIBRE PLANTATION, BAHAMA ISLANDS honesty. Noteworthy amongst them is that of the “Congo United Society.” This has an adult membership of more than six hundred, besides a juvenile branch. It was founded by Congo slaves towards the close of the Slavery period. Although many of its…
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